The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1965 adventure movie directed by Robert Aldrich, with a running time of 2h 22m. It stars James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Peter Finch.
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
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Cast
- James Stewart as Frank Towns
- Richard Attenborough as Lew Moran
- Peter Finch as Captain Harris
- Hardy Krüger as Heinrich Dorfmann
- Ernest Borgnine as Trucker Cobb
- Ian Bannen as Crow
- Ronald Fraser as Sergeant Watson
- Christian Marquand as Dr. Renaud
- Dan Duryea as Standish
- George Kennedy as Bellamy
- Gabriele Tinti as Gabriel
- Alex Montoya as Carlos